OT: (NY Times "via" acm TechNews): "pre-Beta" for new Windows, interpreted as a funeral for Vista

[Mike Schwartz]

quote:
<< "
Microsoft has introduced a pre-beta version of Windows 7, the seventh
version of the Windows operating system and a replacement for the
disappointing Vista brand.
" >>
from
"Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand".
"summarized" at
     http://technews.acm.org/archives.cfm?fo=2008-10-oct/oct-29-2008.html#385353
(Note: in PLUG archived messages, the archiver did not "linkify"
   the "#385353" [fragment] part of the URL, last time I checked...)
Full original article at :
     http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/technology/business-computing/29soft.html?pagewanted=print
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Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org